The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-12-30
THE KIMBALL GRAPHIC.
BY c. R. IlNAN.

Rapid City board of trade commune
with its representative In Washing
ton-Col. John Ii. King-and instruct
him to coGdlc to Dawes. The atmos
pherio conditions about Washington will
be decidedly frigid when Col. King cod
dies to Dawcs-or to any other eastern
who is interested one way or other
in opening the Sioux reservation. The
Colonel has his own ideas-ideas to him /,
this reservation
business, and he looks upon Mr. Dawes
opinions in the matter as those of-well
rs the Colonel once intinated to us-as
those of 9 damphool. Possibly it might
be equally as interesting to know what
the Senator thinks Of the Colonelsiaeas.
The foregoing was prepared for these
columns fast week, but fer want of room
was, with other copy, o placed in
type. 1t has been tlshed out of the waste
basket and placed in type this week
merely to show how well the GRAPnIo's
ideas of the reservation middle comedies
with the situation of affairs as they ac-
tuolly appear at Washington, as evinced
by the following extract from a letter to
the Pierre Free Press from its editor, Mr.
McMRnlma. who is now in Washington:
There are too many Dakota. people
here already, and !! am Informed that
more are coming. A supcrbundance of
talent is the curse Of the territory. AS
the Assyrians came down like wolves on
the fold, so como the Dakotans every
year into Washington. Every ono OF
them has an idea, or thinks he has.
During the past two months l have told
the people of Dakota, through various
organs, that they should raise a sufficient
sum OF money to pay for the time and
service of II good man and send him
here TO look after the Dawes bill, or any
bill for the opening Of the Sioux reser-
Walton. They have not heaYliered to the
words Of wisdom. If they had all unit
ed in sending John j. Kleiner, who has
access to the floor of the house and to
the ears of the members. that would
have been sufficient. But john II. King
had to I'M ! an unable to see that he
adds material strength to the cause.
There are two bills before the senate 81.
ready, and both Of then are faulty.
Neither of them VIII be changed. Mr.
Dawes thinks he knows all about it, and
Ar. King thinks that his bill. which was
Introduced by Senator Jones, is the best
bill ever conceived by man. Each bill is
as long as the moral law, and is so sus-
cePtible to amendment ard misintcrpre,
tation that neither bill will wei become
a law. Especially obnoxious are the
clauses relating to schools for the In
dams. Appointment Republican repre-
fescntative said this afternoon: 'Cuu't
some man frame q hill which shall sim,
| ply divide the reservation and throw ii
open to settlement, and leave the rights
Of the Indians TO the Secretary Of the
Interior under existing laws? Can't thr
reservation be opened and nothing be
said IN the bill about the railroads: Caa't
tie railroads look after their w.n inter
csts1 lily idea is that a bill should be
briefly framed. declaring thc reservation
open between the river and the Hills be.
tween some definite northern aad south
ern boundary, ana deal with no other
question. This is the way q man feels
who is wiling to vote for the opening OF
the reservation, but is too busy to waste
time even in reading g. long bill which
recites history by the yard. Here is a
sample of brilliant work done for the
opening of the reservation. John II.
King, on Tuesday last. took Il type-writ-
ten copy of the b1lkwhich Senator Jones
had introduced. and gave 1t exclusively
70 the Washington correspondent Of the
P%oacer' I'F,ss for publication. On that
day a bad piece Of work was doae fol
the bill. Clifford knows and King ought
TO have known, that the correspondent
Of the ST. Paul Globe has been for lie
past five Years one of the best friends
Dakota has had in She entire country.
He has worked in n diBinterested manner
for everything which has come up foI
the benefit Of Dakota. | am sure thatlc
is not well pleased with the treatment he
has received in the matter. Certainly
one thing is Observable, while he does
nothing against the bill, he has bottled
up his enthusiasm and will take no part
in the work. When McMnnima and
Mcclure were in charge of that work,
neither OF them talked or gave any infor.
nation except by fair means to al
parties. When a man in a public pc,
sition allows partisanShip To get the bet
ter Of him III such matters, he Blooms
himself down hill. Further, when Johl
King saw his mistake and commenced &c
apologize for his acton, he tried to play
the baby act. That IS, he tried to i'm.
press the correspondent Of the G{o5e that
if the Democrats will only open the res
ervatlon, it will make all the Hills
country Democratic. The idea of John
King playing Democratic to an Old hand
like the correspondent referred TO. Ii
was rather surprised to find he had beer
wasting his mendacisy upon a hide bound
Republican. The Giobe man is one OF
the old tine Republicans of the west
and he was simply disgustcd with
Kings Efforts TO pose as q Democrat,
under the mistaken notion that the cor
respondent is a Democrat. These are
PLAIN facts which are presented to. you
this week, although they are not espee.
lilly palatable to q people who are hop
ing against hope for the success OF thcii
most vital measure. Cali or King.
Send on Mcclure"
~--Hc-.
At the present time the chances for tho
passage % a bill by congress THROWING
open the Sioux reservation to settlement